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What is a Provider Champion

Updated:Aug 15,2014

What is a Million Hearts Provider Champion?

By joining the Million Hearts initiative in Missouri as a physician champion, medical professionals agree to serve as an expert resource and suggest activities and educational opportunities for the Million Hearts initiative in Missouri.

This role includes:

Promote among their peers the use of aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management and smoking cessation (also known as the ABCS) for the prevention of heart attack and stroke.

Serve on the Missouri Million Hearts Advisory Council and provide input on building infrastructure to prevent heart attack and stroke.

Other medical professionals interested in joining the Million Hearts initiative in Missouri as a physician champion are encouraged to contact Robin Hamann with the American Heart Association at 314-296-3710.

May 21, 2015; 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Primaris, 200 Keene Street, Columbia, MO 65201Registration starting at 9:30 am - Meeting from 10:00 am - 3:00 pmAgenda is being developed and will be distributed at a later time. If you have questions, please contact Kris Kummerfeld at (573) 522-2879